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1. Zebra Heliconia, Julia & Resources Gulf Fritillary

Alexander’s Landscaping and Farm 830 S. Flamingo Road, Davie [email protected] 954-472-5039 alexfarm.com ------Donna’s Gate Butterflies 2251 North Federal Hwy Native Pompano Beach, FL at Sears Larval (Caterpillar) Host Plants 954 783-4283 1. Corky-stem Passionvine 2.Monarch donnasgardengate.com (Passiflora suberosa) & ______2. Swamp Milkweeds Green Thumb Inc. at Jesse and ( incarnata) Durko’s Nursery (Asclepias perrennis) 5151 SW 70th Ave, Davie 3.Horace’s 3. White Star Sedge 954-764-7782 (Rhynchospora Colorata) Duskywing [email protected] 4. Canna Lily (Canna flaccida)

4 & 5. Brazilian Butterfly Plant Shop 5. Alligator Flag (Thalia geniculate) 7401 Tropical World Way 6. Mock Bishop's Weed Skipper Boynton Beach, FL 33437 (Ptilimnium capillaceum) [email protected] 561-628-6979 7. Water Hyssop (Bacopa monnieri) butterflyplantshop.com 8. False Nettle 6. Black (Boehmeria cylindrical) ______Swallowtail Nectar Plants -Adult Butterflies Native Choice 7401 Tropical World Way Blue Mistflower Boynton Beach, FL 33437 (Conoclinium coelestinum) 7. White 561-843-1192 or 561-756-4370 Cardinal Flower nativechoicenursery.com (Lobelia cardinalis) Peacock

Ironweed (Vernonia altissima) Swamp Hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineus) 8. Red Pickerelweed (Pentederia cordata) Admiral

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Marsh Butterfly How-to

Container Use a waterproof container. Goal: To encourage Florida native plant use Plan your garden according to the Combine two containers for for container to attract butterflies to growing season of the plants. additional dimensionality and the community and provide pollinator habitat. Reuse objects from home before aesthetic character. Why attract butterflies? They are venturing to purchase new Get Dirty important and beautiful pollinators, items. A small shovel, Fill ½ of the pot with soil. that help to ensure our food supply light colored and well-being. Your outdoor waterproof pot or Place a stone or flat barrier space can provide valuable butterfly container, garden soil, upright into the center of the habitat, a dwindling resource. plants, and water are all dirt. the ingredients needed to Fill behind barrier with soil. Butterfly-Scaping provides a way to build a container garden. (Right side of diagram) preserve and enhance habitat to help offset More sources of Plants habitat loss information and plant Add a mix of plants to offer in the state choices: height, central balance and and along draping over the edges. international Florida Native Plant Society Include submerged plants too. migration www.fnps.org/plants routes. Environment University of Florida, IFAS – Place decorative stones on Butterflies are http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu/ bare soil. considered an Youth Environmental Alliance: Fill to the rim with water. indicator of www.yeafrog.org environmental Place outside in the sun or health, and they Become a FL Master Naturalist: partial shade. Keep watered. entice people to www.masternaturalist.org If mosquitoes are an issue, investigate and Florida - Friendly Landscaping: consider adding mosquito fish connect with their or bladderwort to the water. natural settings. Butterfly Gardening in Florida: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw057